Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 75 Charity Vanity Fair

Since it is a school-running society, financial support is naturally indispensable.

However, the "vulgar matter" of spending money has some solutions. A lot of bigwigs in politics, business, academia and the press stand behind to endorse, and most of them come to wave checks.

Of course, money can’t be taken for nothing as a person. Business people definitely don’t want to be taken advantage of, so a permanent special member status is set up in addition to the ordinary members, which is specially used for these businessmen to save face. You don’t need to be famous, you just need to donate If you have enough money, you can join in.

"Chen Yingying, 2000 yuan in national currency."

"Shi Guangming, 2000 national currency."

"Cai Dezao, 1000 yuan in national currency."

"Cao Rulin, two hundred yuan in national currency."

After all, there are some differences between people, just like the Bazaar charity gala in later generations, some of them have a very simple purpose, just for charity, while others are more complicated, they regard it as a vanity fair and make a business.

"Aren't you saying that this guy surnamed Cao is the general manager of the Bank of Communications? He also served as the deputy minister of foreign affairs. Why is he so picky when it comes to business? He doesn't look like a rich man in his clothes. He only has two hundred yuan in national currency. Not enough for my afternoon tea."

"Look at what you said, you don't care how much someone earns, no matter how much he earns, it's his own. Can others control how much he likes to donate? As long as he donates, I respect him a little, but having said that, What you eat is dragon liver and phoenix marrow, you can eat two hundred yuan, and how much did you donate?"

"Hey, that's right, who made me eat enough to support me? I don't donate much, but it's only [-] yuan in Fiji."

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion among the crowd not far away, followed by someone shouting.

"Mr. Chen Jiageng, donate 1 yuan!"

Latcoin, that is, the currency issued by the British colonial government in Malaya, Singapore and Brunei during the British colonial period. It was issued from 1899 to 1939 and abolished in 1940. The British colonial government issued a new currency, the Malayan dollar to replace the Latcoin. , but Chinese people sometimes still use "lacoin" to refer to the local currency.

Compared with Dayang, the purchasing power is about 1:3. In conversion, Mr. Chen Jiageng donated 3000 yuan in national currency. All the people present did not donate as much as him. There was no sound for a while, and warm applause broke out after a while.

The entire overseas Chinese in the Philippines donated 1 yuan, and he can fight head-on on his own.

However, he, who should have received the praise, did not appear at the main venue, but was discussing with someone in a reception room about running a school.

"Professor Cheng, I can hear your reports all over Nanyang. We overseas Chinese were also encouraged by the great progress in mathematics at the time. We felt that the British may not necessarily be better than us. Now seeing you in person is truly amazing. It's a great honor."

Cheng Nuo said politely: "These words are overrated. Mr. Chen still cares about education in the mainland while living overseas, and now he has contributed such a large amount of strength to the vocational education association, which makes me feel ashamed as a junior."

The two exchanged a few words of humility, and then got to the point.

Chen Jiageng, who was praised by the great man as "the flag of overseas Chinese and the glory of the nation", is naturally not a vulgar person. In addition to supporting the establishment of the Chinese Vocational Education Association when he returned to China this time, he wanted to return to his hometown to set up a school and change this bad situation. .

"Well, Professor Cheng is not afraid of your jokes when he says it. The problems in his hometown are indeed more serious." Chen Jiageng sighed, his face full of regret: "The local government is fatuous and corrupt, the country is weak and the people are poor, education is decadent, beyond words, and the countryside is very poor. Children over the age of [-] are gathered in groups because they have not been able to go to school, and they have no clothes. If they are close, they will corrupt customs, and if they are far away, they will hinder the future of the nation. vocation."

Cheng Nuo can fully understand this mood, and expressed his respect: "Mr. For now, it shouldn’t be a problem to believe that with the power of Mr.

Chen Jiageng shook his head with a wry smile: "If it's as Professor Cheng said, the problem is so easy to solve. When I visited the Fushi Provincial Normal School in the early years, I found that it was occupied by a group of rich children. Diploma, living in a daze, and will not teach and educate people after graduation, let alone the poor place in my hometown.”

"So Mr. Chen wants to set up a normal university specially prepared for poor students, so as to save the education in this province?" Cheng Nuo quickly understood what was going on, and asked tentatively: "Mr. It was an elementary school, and found that teachers were hard to find, so I thought about going to the provincial normal school to find some talented people, but the results were mediocre."

Chen Jiageng smiled helplessly: "It's okay to be mediocre, but even so, it took me a lot of effort to hire two. For the students in the whole county, it's just a drop in the bucket. Must do."

Cheng Nuo nodded and asked, "Mr. Chen came to me because of the school, right? What can I do?"

"You just need to help me with one thing." Chen Jiageng took out a stack of documents from his handbag and put them on the table, and introduced: "This is the list of teachers in normal schools I plan to hire, most of them are liberal arts. The professor helps them refine some math courses so that they can teach more students in the future."

Cheng Nuo hesitated for a moment. What he is good at is advanced mathematics. It seems that it has little to do with secondary education, but after thinking about it, it is not a big problem. It would be good to pass on the key knowledge of mathematics to future generations, and let the later students Experience the feeling of writing a "solution" and not knowing the next step.

"Teaching a man to fish is worse than teaching him how to fish." After a pause, Cheng Nuo said, "I don't have any problems with what I can do. I don't know when the school will start, so I can arrange the time."

Chen Jiageng replied: "If everything goes well, the normal school and the middle school of the private Jimei School are tentatively scheduled to start on March [-] next year."

Cheng Nuo calculated the date in his mind, and said, "Then I will run a supplementary advanced class in mathematics. It will start on July 7 this year and end on August 1. It will last for two months. It is best to select some people who have basic knowledge in mathematics to come in." , as for the location."

Chen Jiageng answered first: "Professor Cheng chooses the location at will, it's not a problem, oh, yes, this is your salary."

Chen Jiageng respected the No.1 in domestic mathematics, and even the No.1 in Chinese, and immediately took out the prepared check and handed it over.

Cheng Nuo glanced at it, but didn't see anything else, it was all zeros, so the numbers must not be that small.

In fact, it is not just the recruitment of talents who are willing to spend money here, Chen Jiageng is very generous in the whole process of running the school.

In order to obtain the land, Chen Jiageng persuaded the villagers to overcome the obstacles of Feng Shui superstition, and all the land needed by the school was purchased twice as much as the usual land price, and a relocation fee was added for public and private graves. The school building alone cost more than ten ten thousand yuan.

After the establishment of Jimei Normal School, in addition to exempting tuition and miscellaneous fees, it also covered all living expenses. The quilts and mosquito nets were uniformly supplied, and a uniform was issued in spring and winter.At that time, the life of the people in southern Fujian was relatively difficult, and porridge was the main three meals a day, but Jimei School provided students with two meals of dry rice and one meal of porridge.If students still insist on eating porridge, they also deliberately subsidize two yuan a month as pocket money.

At that time, this kind of school was like a lighthouse in the dark for poor students.

To be honest, there are few educated people in the first place, and good teachers are even scarcer. They are not familiar with the places in China, and the current teachers are still recruited by others. Different people have different opinions on their true level.

Moreover, the local area was relatively xenophobic at that time, and regional concepts and sectarianism were relatively serious. If the principal was from other provinces, the teachers must also be from other provinces. The problem is so embarrassing here.

Spending a huge sum of 1 yuan to donate to the China Vocational Education Association, in addition to sincerely supporting vocational education, he also wanted to establish a relationship with Huang Yanpei, the vice president of the Suzhou Education Association, and asked this great educator to help solve the problem of teachers.

Now that I can meet Cheng Nuo, it is naturally a kind invitation, and by training teachers from the province, all problems can be solved easily.

"Mr. Chen's education is also my main job content. The money should be used to recruit more talents. The teaching location should be in Beiping." Cheng Nuo smiled, and refused to accept the check, jokingly said: "But the food and accommodation expenses, then I will trouble Mr. Chen."

Seeing this, Chen Jiageng laughed. He originally wanted to insist on paying the salary, but Cheng Nuo gave in, so he had to put it away in the end, expressing that he would definitely send some kindness when he returned to Nanyang.

Looking at the roster in his hand, Chen Jiageng felt emotional: "At the time when Professor Cheng publicized the liberalization of women's ban in the newspaper, I thought it was just a small matter in education, and I didn't need to spend a lot of time, but now it seems that I spoke too early. .”

Cheng Nuo said: "The ban on women in China is deeply rooted. After all, Nanyang is under the jurisdiction of foreigners. The situation may be better."

Chen Jiageng said with memories on his face: "When the primary school was established, many parents refused to let girls go to school because they could help pack firewood and open oysters at home, so they specially gave each female student two yuan as a subsidy. Make things a little better."

Taking out a few female teachers from the roster, Chen Jiageng continued: "These female teachers are hard-earned, and Professor Lao Cheng will take care of them."

Cheng Nuo naturally nodded in agreement without saying a word.

When the topic was over and they were about to stand up and leave, Chen Jiageng suddenly said another sentence.

"The long-standing disadvantages of autocracy have not been eliminated, the construction of a republic has not been prepared, the education of the people has not been widespread, and the local industry has not flourished. Without the special knowledge of higher education, it is not enough to achieve it overnight. The primary and secondary schools are just its appendages. If we If a university is established in the future, I wonder if it is possible to hire Professor Cheng?"

It looks pretty good to be able to work with Lu Xun immediately, and to work together in the future.

"Cheng is honored."

　Thanks to book friends Su Laomai for the 500 starting coins, Yue Banwu 200 starting coins, and Yang Ding Dingtian 100 starting coins for their tipping.

　　
　
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